Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, said after the meeting that the Senate believes it didn't do anything wrong in Brodkorb's case and does not intend to admit guilt. He referred to Brodkorb as a "disgruntled, terminated employee."

Brodkorb was fired in 2011 after it became known he was having an affair with then-Majority Leader Amy Koch. He is claiming he was treated differently than female staffers who have had affairs with lawmakers in the past.

Bakk said depositions are starting to be taken in the case, which is scheduled for trial next year. Koch is on the list to be deposed, Bakk said.

Meanwhile, a federal judge is weighing a request by the Senate that the case be dismissed after Brodkorb's attorneys accidentally released a list of alleged Capitol affairs.